Byron, BBC ; written by Nick Dear ; produced by Ruth Baumgarten ; directed by Julian Farino ; executive producers, Laura Mackie, Hilary Salmon, Andrea Miller
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Byron, BBC ; written by Nick Dear ; produced by Ruth Baumgarten ; directed by Julian Farino ; executive producers, Laura Mackie, Hilary Salmon, Andrea Miller
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Byron
Oclc number
174146904
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Originally broadcast in two parts in 2003
Responsibility statement
BBC ; written by Nick Dear ; produced by Ruth Baumgarten ; directed by Julian Farino ; executive producers, Laura Mackie, Hilary Salmon, Andrea Miller
Runtime
150
Summary
Byron charts the rise and fall of an irresistible and devastatingly handsome genius who had it all and threw it all away. It begins as Byron's struggle for acceptance as a poet is reversed by the publication of Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, which turns him into an overnight success and the toast of London society--the 19th century equivalent of a bad-boy rock star. While disdaining social conventions, he needs money, so marries wealthy pious Annabella Milbanke after becoming in-famous for his affairs with serving girls, society beauties, and his half-sister, leaving the landscape littered with illegitimate children. As his reputation spreads, it is permanently tarnished, so Byron abandons England for self-imposed exile in Venice, and dies after taking up the Greek struggle for independence from the Turks
Table Of Contents
Episode One: The summer of a dormouse (72 min.) -- Episode two: The eloquence of action (73 min.)
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Moore, Stephen Campbell
- Salmon, Hilary
- Baumgarten, Ruth
- Miller, Jonny Lee
- Hawkins, Sally, 1976-
- Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
- Dimsdale, Oliver, 1972-
- Power, Camilla, 1976-
- Miller, Andrea
- Glenister, Philip
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- Dear, Nick
- BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
- Mackie, Laura
- Little, Natasha
- Farino, Julian
- Cox, Julie, 1973-
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- DVD-Video discs
- Biographical television programs
- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Television melodramas
- Fiction television programs
- City and town life -- England -- Drama
- Men + Conduct of life -- Drama
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Drama
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- Moore, Stephen Campbell
- Salmon, Hilary
- Baumgarten, Ruth
- Miller, Jonny Lee
- Hawkins, Sally, 1976-
- Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
- Dimsdale, Oliver, 1972-
- Power, Camilla, 1976-
- Miller, Andrea
- Glenister, Philip
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- Dear, Nick
- BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
- Mackie, Laura
- Little, Natasha
- Farino, Julian
- Cox, Julie, 1973-
- Genre6
- Subject13
- DVD-Video discs
- Biographical television programs
- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Television melodramas
- Fiction television programs
- City and town life -- England -- Drama
- Men + Conduct of life -- Drama
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Drama
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor9
- Director1
- Producer4
- resource.screenwriter1
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